Regents Back Enrollment Plan

September 14, 1989

PENSACOLA -- The number of full-time freshmen and sophomores at Florida Atlantic University would increase by more than a fourth and at Florida International University by almost a third next fall under a recommended enrollment plan released on Wednesday by the Board of Regents.

The changes are meant to address complaints from southeast Florida legislators that there is not enough room at regional universities for graduating high school students from Broward, Dade and Palm Beach counties.

The enrollment proposal, which must be approved by the state Legislature, triples the previously planned increase in the number of underclassmen at FIU and doubles the number formerly proposed for FAU.

The number of lower-division students at FAU in Boca Raton would reach 1,100 out of a full-time total of 6,453. Dade County-based FIU would add 475 freshmen and sophomores for a total of almost 2,000 in the lower divisions and 10,665 full-time students universitywide.